Research Catalog
Brown-Gilman family papers
- Title
- Brown-Gilman family papers, 1862-1937.
- Author
- Brown family.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 9 linear feet (9 boxes).
- Summary
- Collection consists of correspondence and other papers of Rev. William Adams Brown, his wife, Helen Gilman Noyes Brown, and various members of the Brown, Noyes and Adams families.
- Subject
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Source (note)
- Union Theological Seminary
- Biography (note)
- William Adams (1807-1880) was pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in New York City when he helped found the Union Theological Seminary. He was president of the Seminary from 1874 to 1880. His son-in-law, John Crosby Brown (1838-1909), was a banker who was also on the board of the Seminary, becoming president in 1897. Brown's oldest son, William Adams Brown (1865-1943), was a Presbyterian minister who taught theology at the Seminary from 1892 to 1936. He served as acting president of Yale University from 1919 to 1920.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 413
- OCLC
- NYPW93-A95
- Author
- Brown family.
- Title
- Brown-Gilman family papers, 1862-1937.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- William Adams (1807-1880) was pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in New York City when he helped found the Union Theological Seminary. He was president of the Seminary from 1874 to 1880. His son-in-law, John Crosby Brown (1838-1909), was a banker who was also on the board of the Seminary, becoming president in 1897. Brown's oldest son, William Adams Brown (1865-1943), was a Presbyterian minister who taught theology at the Seminary from 1892 to 1936. He served as acting president of Yale University from 1919 to 1920.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Adams, William, 1807-1880.Brown, Helen Gilman Noyes.Brown, John Crosby, 1838-1909.Brown, William Adams, 1865-1943.Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
- LCCN
- ms 68001086
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 413